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Source: Omaha World Herald
Joseph Morton
WASHINGTON Sen. Ben Sasse proposed a slew of major changes to the Senate this week including a repeal of the Constitutional amendment that provided for direct election of its members.
The Nebraska Republican said in an interview that he recognizes it could take many years to implement the major overhaul he has in mind.
So were going to need to tell the truth about the fact that the Senate is a dysfunctional institution to be able to get enough ideas on the menu that you can start to figure out where youd forge consensus, Sasse told The World-Herald.
He unveiled his ideas in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, writing that the founding fathers would be shocked at the current state of affairs.
The Senate in particular is supposed to be the place where Americans hammer out our biggest challenges with debate, Sen. Ben Sasse wrote in the Wall Street Journal. That hasnt happened for decades and the rot is bipartisan.
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